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Two circle touch each other internally. Show that the tangent drawn to the two circle from any point on the common tangent, are equal in length. 

Important Questions on Circles

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PQ and PT are tangents to a circle with centre O and radius 5 cm. If PQ=12 cm, then prove that the perimeter of the quadrilateral PQOT is 34 cm.

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In the following figure, ABC is circumscribing a circle, the length of BC=_____.

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In the adjoining figure, PS and PT are tangents to the circle drawn from an external point P. CD is a third tangent touching the circle at Q. If PT=10 cm and CQ=2 cm, find the perimeter of PCD.

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Prove that the Parallelogram circumscribing a circle is a rhombus.
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A circle is inscribed in a quadrilateral ABCD touching AB, BC, CD and AD at the points P, Q, R and S, respectively, and B=90°. If AD=24 cm, AB=27 cm and DR=6 cm, the what is the circumference of the circle?
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In the following figure, TA and TB are the tangents drawn from the exterior point T to the circle. If TA=10 and mTAB=60° then the length of the chord AB¯ is _____.
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In the given figure,

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find PT in cm, if OP=41 cm and OT'=9 cm.

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Prove that ''the lengths of tangents drawn from an external point to a circle are equal''.
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A circle is inscribed in ABC , touching AB, BC and AC at the points P, Q and R respectively. If AB-BC=4 cm, AB-AC=2 cm and the perimeter of ABC=32 cm, then PB+AR is equal to _____.
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In the given figure, PQ is a chord of length 8 cm of a circle of radius 5 cm and centre O. The tangents at P and Q intersect at point T. Find the length of TP.

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The radius of a circle with centre O is 5 cmP is a point at a distance 13 cm from OPQ and PR are two tangents to this circle. Find the area of the quadrilateral PQOR.

EASY

In the figure, Two circles with centres P and Q touch externally at R. Tangents AT and BT meet the common tangent TR at T. If AP=6 cm and PT=10 cm, then BT=?

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HARD

In the given figure a quadrilateral ABCD is drawn to circumscribe a circle. Prove that: AB+CD=AD+BC.

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If all the sides of a parallelogram touch a circle, show that the parallelogram is a rhombus.

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A circle touches all the sides of ABCD. If AB is the largest side then prove that CD is the smallest side.
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Prove that if two tangents are drawn to a circle from a point outside it, then they make equal angles at the centre.
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Prove that opposite sides of a quadrilateral circumscribing a circle subtend supplementary angles at the centre of the circle.

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In the figure, two tangents TP and TQ are drawn to a circle with centre O from an external point T. Prove that PTQ=2OPQ.

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In the given figure, a circle inscribed in PQR touches its sides PQ, QR and RP at points S, T and U, respectively. If PQ=15 cm, QR=10 cm and RP=12 cm, then find the lengths of PS, QT and RU.
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In a given figure, if APO=35°, then which of the following options is correct?
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